One of the features I'd really like to see more widely used in the linux world is checkpoint/restart. I want it for long-running simulations, although there may be other uses. Basic requirement: 1) checkpoint a running process and be able to restart on the same machine. Restore open files, including mappings of shared memory. More advanced: 2) Migrate a process to another machine (probably with same libraries). 3) Handle multiple threads/processes? I am pleased to find that blcr http://ftg.lbl.gov/CheckpointRestart/CheckpointRestart.shtml seems to do just what I need. It has an srpm and (with minor change) builds/runs fine of fc6 x86_64. I have been following this area for last several years. There have been several starts at other checkpoint projects, but all except blcr seem to have died. I think this is really exciting technology and I'm betting others will want to see this added to Fedora. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
